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Panthers Fire Frank Reich In His First Season With Team Off To NFL-Worst 1-10 Record

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CHARLOTTE, North Carolina – The Carolina Panthers sacked their coach on Monday after an NFL-worst 1-10 start in his first year in charge. After only 11 games, Carolina’s Frank Reich era is finished.

The Carolina Panthers sacked their coach on Monday after an NFL-worst 1-10 start in his first year in charge.

Panthers owner David Tepper made the announcement hours after numerous news sources reported that he used profanity as he exited the locker room following Sunday’s 17-10 loss to the Tennessee Titans.

Tepper recruited Reich to improve one of the league’s worst offenses in recent seasons and develop Bryce Young, the No. 1 overall pick he acquired this offseason for four draft picks and top wideout D.J. Moore in the hopes of winning multiple Super Bowls.

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Instead, the Panthers will have a franchise-record sixth consecutive losing season.

Since Tepper purchased the Panthers from Jerry Richardson in 2018 for $2.275 billion, they have gone 30-63 and have never made the playoffs.

Chris Tabor, special teams coordinator, will serve as temporary head coach. The team’s offensive coordinator, Thomas Brown, will take over as play caller, with senior assistant Jim Caldwell serving as his special adviser.

According to someone familiar with the issue, Tabor’s first step as interim coach was to fire quarterbacks coach Josh McCown and running backs coach Duce Staley. The individual spoke anonymously to The Associated Press on Monday because the changes had not been announced.

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Reich handpicked McCown and Staley to be his assistants.

When Tepper hires his next head coach after the season, he will be the sixth full-time or temporary head coach in his tenure.

Tepper is slated to speak to reporters at Bank of America Stadium on Tuesday. Monday, the Panthers canceled all media access.

Reich is the second head coach fired in the NFL this season, following Josh McDaniels of the Las Vegas Raiders.

Reich was sacked earlier in his career than any other head coach since Pete McCulley led San Francisco to a 1-8 record in 1978. He is the fifth NFL head coach dismissed during or after a single season in the last six years, joining Nathaniel Hackett (Denver, 2022), Urban Meyer (Jacksonville, 2021), Freddie Kitchens (Cleveland, 2019), and Steve Wilks (Arizona, 2018).

Reich did not immediately return phone calls or text messages seeking comment.

As a team owner, Tepper has demonstrated a need for more patience. Reich is the Panthers’ third head coach to be sacked this season by Tepper.

He also owns the Major League Soccer team in Charlotte, and in the organization’s first two years, he sacked two coaches.

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Panthers Fire Frank Reich In His First Season With Team Off To NFL-Worst 1-10 Record

In the NFL, Tepper hired Ron Rivera as his head coach in 2018 but sacked him during the season less than two years later. Perry Fewell ended the season before Tepper hired Matt Rhule, a former Baylor coach, to a seven-year, $63 million contract. However, Rhule only lasted 2 1/2 seasons until Tepper fired him and replaced him on an interim basis with Wilks, the Panthers’ defensive coordinator.

Tepper then hired Reich, who helped the Philadelphia Eagles win the Super Bowl as offensive coordinator before becoming head coach of the Indianapolis Colts, who dismissed him last season. Wilks is now San Francisco’s defensive coordinator.

Carolina is still near the bottom in practically every offensive category. The Panthers are 30th in total offense and 30th in passing yards per game, and they have scored at most 15 points since the bye week.

Reich agreed to terms with the Panthers on a four-year deal that runs through the 2026 season. Tepper will owe an estimated $9 million every season for the following three seasons.

Reich has prior experience guiding successful NFL offenses, but that did not translate to the Panthers.

Young has been sacked 40 times this season, and the Panthers’ offensive line has given up 43 total sacks in 11 games, ranking fourth in the NFL. Young has been under intense scrutiny throughout the season, making it tough to assess his progress as a quarterback.

However, the former Alabama product has struggled as a quarterback, ranking at the bottom of the league in most statistical categories. He has yet to throw for 250 yards in a game and has eight interceptions to nine touchdown passes.

Because of their record, the Panthers may receive the No. 1 choice in next year’s draft, but that pick would instantly go to the Chicago Bears due to the Young trade.

SOURCE – (AP)

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Pacers Even The Series With 121-89 Game 4 Win Over The Knicks

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Indianapolis — Tyrese Haliburton scored 20 points, T.J. McConnell added 15 points and 10 assists, and the Indiana Pacers won their third-largest playoff game ever, defeating the New York Knicks 121-89 on Sunday to tie the Eastern Conference semifinal series at 2-2.

Haliburton also had six rebounds, five assists, and four three-pointers as the Pacers cruised to a 43-point victory. They fell barely shy of their greatest lopsided playoff victory, a 34-point win over Cleveland in April 2018.

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Pacers Even The Series With 121-89 Game 4 Win Over The Knicks

The series’ fifth game will be played on Tuesday at Madison Square Garden.

The Knicks had only three players in double figures. Alec Burks finished with 20, Jalen Brunson with 18 — his lowest total in this tournament — and Deuce McBride with 16 on a day when they shot 33.7% from the field, 18.9% from three, and faced the greatest deficit of any team in this postseason.

Nuggets 115, Timber Wolves 107.

Minneapolis (AP) — Nikola Jokic scored 16 of his 35 points in the fourth quarter, and Aaron Gordon added 27 points on 11-for-12 shooting to lead Denver to a series-tying victory over Minnesota in Game 4 of the Western Conference playoffs.

The Nuggets’ Jamal Murray scored 12 of his 19 points in the third quarter, capitalizing on his buzzer-beating swish from behind half-court, and the Wolves only pulled the margin below double digits for brief intervals of the second half.

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Anthony Edwards scored 44 points in another outstanding outing for Minnesota, hitting 16 of 25 from the field. Despite a 42-31 rebounding advantage, the Wolves were defeated at home for the second straight game by the defending NBA champions, who were fired up after losing the first two games of the series on their home court.

The series returns to Denver for Game 5 on Tuesday night.

Mike Conley scored 15 points, Karl-Anthony Towns went 5 for 18 from the field for 13 points and 12 rebounds, and Rudy Gobert came on late to score 11 and 14 rebounds. Nonetheless, the Wolves trailed at home for the second consecutive game.

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Gordon didn’t miss until there was 3:39 remaining. The Nuggets closed the first half with eight points in 20 seconds, highlighted by Murray’s unbelievable heave.

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Kyle Larson Is Not A Hardcore Fan Of Taylor Swift Despite A Trip To Paris For A Concert

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Darlington, South Carolina – Kyle Larson made it clear that he is no Swiftie, despite the fact that he surprised his daughter with a birthday vacation to Paris this week to see Taylor Swift in concert.

Larson wore a Taylor Swift-themed T-shirt and friendship bracelets that his wife, Katelyn, and 6-year-old Audrey had given him.

“I don’t feel like I’m a Swiftie at all,” Larson said Saturday at Darlington Raceway. “I do appreciate her music and how hard she works, but I’m not a Swiftie.”

Larson, the 2021 NASCAR Cup Series champion, has grown accustomed to being one of the circuit’s hottest and busiest drivers. He is coming off a historic victory last week at Kansas, where he beat Chris Buescher by 0.001 seconds, the tightest finish in Cup Series history.

In Sunday’s Goodyear 400, he’ll try to win for the second week in a row – and the second time at the circuit nicknamed “Too Tough To Tame”.

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The picture finish with Buescher exceeded a landmark Darlington moment from 2003 when Ricky Craven edged Kurt Busch by 0.002 in the sport’s all-time closest finish.

Larson expected to hit a wall rather than win in the final moments.

“I just thought I was going to run out of space,” he explained. “But he allowed me ample space. Yeah, we went off the corner, and it was all about how the run would go.

Larson emerged victorious, with a frustrated Buescher finishing second.

Buescher claimed he repeatedly viewed the finale and replayed it in his thoughts. He learned far more than he thought about NASCAR’s scoring system and transponder placement, and he identified numerous things he would have done differently to win.

In the end, the Roush Fenway Racing driver accepted second place. “It was bothersome for two days,” he claimed. “There’s really no way around that.”

Buescher believes the best way to overcome it is with a more comfortable and successful performance at Darlington, where he has four top-10 results in his last six races, including a career-best third behind Victor Larson at the Southern 500 last September.

Larson, whose two wins this season trail those of Hendrick Motorsports teammate William Byron and Joe Gibbs Racing driver Denny Hamlin, said the trip to France provided a reprieve from what will be a demanding rest of the month.

Larson will compete in the All-Star Race at North Wilkesboro and qualify for the Indianapolis 500. The following week, he’ll try to complete all 1,100 miles of racing, starting at Indianapolis and finishing at Charlotte for the Coca-Cola 600.

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Erik Jones returns to racing after missing the past two weeks due to a compression fracture of a lower vertebra sustained in a collision at Talladega last month. Jones, a two-time Darlington winner, said he feels 100 percent, but it’s more probable that he’ll need some time to heal over the next few weeks.

Jones said he is unable to lift large weights, but he hopes to return to the gym next week. He intends to be fully recovered for the Coca-Cola 600 in Charlotte in two weeks.

NASCAR allowed Jones to race at Kansas, but after consulting with his crew, he decided he needed more time to recover.

“If I really pushed it, I could’ve been in the car if I pushed it, I could’ve been in the car if I really, really wanted to be,” Jones stated. “At the same time, if I make that call on my own and overrule, and I go out and re-injure myself, I look like an idiot.”

Tyler Reddick dominated qualifying for Sunday’s race, extending his impressive record at Darlington. Reddick, 28, has three top-three results at NASCAR’s oldest superspeedway, including second place in this race two years ago and runner-up to Larson in the Southern 500 last September.

Reddick will start ahead of two Roush Fenway Racing drivers, Brad Keselowski and Buescher. Byron is fifth, then Ty Gibbs. Ross Chastain, Martin Truex Jr., Bubba Wallace, Hamlin, and Larson are in order of ranking.

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Larson’s performance at Kansas puts him the betting favorite to win his second consecutive race at Darlington. BetMGM.com lists him at 4-1 odds for the Goodyear 400 on Sunday.

JGR teammates Hamlin (4.75-1) and Truex (5.5-1) come next. Byron, who won Darlington’s spring race in 2023, is 7.25-1, while pole-sitter Reddick is 8.5-1.

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Messi Plays Through A Scare, Inter Miami Rallies Past Montreal 3-2 For Fifth Straight Win

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MONTREAL — Lionel Messi played the entire game despite a first-half injury scare, Benjamin Cremaschi broke a tie in the 59th minute, and Inter Miami rallied from a two-goal deficit to defeat Montreal 3-2 on Saturday night, its fifth consecutive Major League Soccer victory.

Luis Suarez scored his 11th goal of the season for Inter Miami, while Matías Rojas scored from a free kick. Montreal (3-5-3) got goals from Jules-Anthony Vilsaint and Bryce Duke.

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Inter Miami (8-2-3) extended its unbeaten record to seven games (5-0-2) despite Lionel failing to score or assist for the first time in nine MLS appearances this season. Inter Miami is 7-0-2 in those nine games, with one loss coming against Montreal in March when Lionel did not participate.

Playing in Canada for the first time, Lionel abandoned the game late in the first half due to a problem with his left knee caused by defender George Campbell’s foul. The eight-time Ballon d’Or winner as the world’s best player collapsed immediately, clutching his knee and moaning in agony.

Inter Miami’s medical personnel entered the field to treat Messi, who stood up after around two minutes and headed to the Miami sideline. He was not subbed out, allowing him to return moments later.

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And for some reason, the match shifted at that moment.

Inter Miami was behind 2-0 when Messi was injured; when he returned, the score was 2-1, and it was tied moments later. Rojas scored on a free kick that Messi would normally take to put Inter Miami up, and Suarez added a goal from a corner kick late in the first-half stoppage time.

Suarez became the third player in MLS history to score 11 goals in his first 800 minutes of the season, following Mamadou Diallo (11 in 2000) and Ola Kamara (11 in 2021).

The game-winning goal occurred when Rojas threw a ball into open space, and Cremaschi ran it down. Then, he made a second attempt to nudge the ball just clear of two defenders and into the net for a 3-2 advantage. Messi had two final-minute chances to extend the lead, which he missed narrowly.

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Inter Miami was met by hundreds of fans when it arrived at its hotel Friday night, and Montreal, thanks in part to Messi’s signing with Major League Soccer last summer, sold out its 15,000 season tickets for the first time since joining in 2012. Messi has scored in 31 nations.

The match drew an announced sellout crowd of 19,619 spectators, including one dressed in a Messi tracksuit and sporting a goat mask in tribute to Messi’s status as the Greatest of All Time.

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